The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-16
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

A quartet of Seneca Indians are giving con-
certs in New York.
Many cattle are dying in the cattle ranches
of Victoria, B. C.
Reno, New, complains that the sawdust in
Truckee river has produced much disease in
that town.
A woman at Santa Cruz, Cal, has sued
her husband for divorce, the chief ground of
complaint being that he neglected to say
grace at his meals.
Five hundred gallons Of wine have just
been received in Chicago from Jerusalem 1t
has been more than two months on the way.
It viii be used for Passover purposes.
Minister tat baptisinal font)-Name, pleases
Mother-Philip Ferdinand Chesterfield Ran
dolph Livingstone Minister (aside to assis-
tant)--Mr. Kneeler, a little more water,
please.
There is a great demand for Mexican mats
TO paint upon. The material is used for
panels in screens, for wall panels, also as an
adjustable door panel in rustic or summer
furnishing
Rabbit hunting by moonlight is now in
dulged in by ranchers in the vicinity of Lex
ington, Ore The destructive animals pay
nocturnal visits to haystacks in large droves,
where the hun sers lie in wait for them
The japanese viii soon permit foreigners to
dwell and do business in any part of the en-
pire When this occurs foreign language
viii be necessary to supplant the native Ian
guage for official purposes, and it is said that
the Mikado and the leading statesmen favor
the English, which has long been used in the
Orient.
Six miles from Mackinaw, Ills, is bit of
a;- hot i
ways so warm that snow melts as soon as it
falls upon it. 1t is said that when the earth
there is disturbed it flashes like burning
powder, and that a peculiar gas comes up
from the ground which so far has shattered
every vessel in which an effort has been made
to confine it.
A ball was given by deaf mutes in Balti-
more recently The Baltimore American
SAYS it was a curious affair They danced
very wei and generally kept time with the
music. Waiting gave them more trouble
than the square dances, though some showed
themselves to be expert and graceful in the
may whirl A little girl danced the fishers
hornpipe, which was unexpected, and several
couples arose and danced slow waltz to the
lively music of hornpipe.
The salaries paid New York teachers are
scarcely princely, when one considers the
cost of living here The salaries of the male
assistant teachers range from s., ,o16 to 81, ,0S0.
The salaries of the female assistants range
from ST .116 to S633 in male grammar schools,
from 81, ,0S6 to S603 in mixed grammar
schools, from 81 ,o56 to S603 in female gram
mar schools and from 5000 to 1904 in primary
departments and schools. Principals salaries
run up as high as S, 500 or $1,000 All male
assistant teachers OF less than one years ex-
perience receive S120 the first year and
females $40S.
The apprehensions of war have afforded
three English officers of the Salvation army
in Paris an opportunity which they availed
themselves of in their own manner. One
afternoon recently three men, dressed in the
uniform by this time familiar to everybody,
were walking along the Rue de Riyoli, carry
ing big placards on which were written;
WAR is Declared An indignant crowd
gathered around them, tore up the placards
and would have III treated the officers but foE
the timely arrival of policemen. who dis
persed the mob and marched these salvation
lists off to the station.